Letter is postmarked June 6; the year is most likely 1771. Haweis's son, wrote a note across the top,''The Coolness with [Martin] Madan about My F[ather's] marriage with Mrs. W[ordsworth] Indorsed.'' Haweis had married Judith Wordsworth on January...

This letter was sent X Post - i.e. Cross Post - then redirected to Aldwinckle, Northamptionshire, passing through the London post office on May 7. There are some interesting notes on this letter by Thomas Haweis's third wife, Elizabeth McDowall. At...

Salutation: ''My dear Friends,'' meaning Haweis and his wife, who by this date was Jennett Payne Orton. Haweis's first wife, Judith Wordsworth, had died August 24, 1786. Jennett Orton was said to be a "boon companion" to Lady Huntingdon. Written on...